Allison Sekuler 🧠👁️🥁
@asek47.bsky.social
SA Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience; President & Chief Scientist CABHI and Baycrest Academy for Research & Education; Prof U of T; Prof Emeritus McMaster; co-Host Defy Dementia
#visionScience #neuroscience #innovation #tech #aging #drumming #theatre
#visionScience #neuroscience #innovation #tech #aging #drumming #theatre
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❤️ Bluesky fMRI people! 3-day #fMRI course live online Jan 7-9, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
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#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
fMRI Course
Instructors
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
❤️ Bluesky fMRI people! 3-day #fMRI course live online Jan 7-9, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
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A high-performing innovation ecosystem is essential to the well-being of all people in Canada. Our newest report details the state of science, technology, and innovation in Canada, including key drivers shaping the ecosystem, and barriers and knowledge gaps. 🧪 go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
Over the last 20 years, the CCA has carried out a series of assessments evaluating...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A high-performing innovation ecosystem is essential to the well-being of all people in Canada. Our newest report details the state of science, technology, and innovation in Canada, including key drivers shaping the ecosystem, and barriers and knowledge gaps. 🧪 go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
Giving to others is a gift to your brain! Our latest #DefyDementia podcast talks about the science of giving back: how volunteering may improve brain health and decrease dementia risk. DefyDementia.org @baycrestfoundation.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social @utoronto.ca
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Giving to others is a gift to your brain! Our latest #DefyDementia podcast talks about the science of giving back: how volunteering may improve brain health and decrease dementia risk. DefyDementia.org @baycrestfoundation.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social @utoronto.ca
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@asek47.bsky.social outlines how @baycrest.bsky.social is advancing discovery, training future leaders & driving innovation.
A healthier future is possible. 🇨🇦 needs a coherent life sciences strategy to be stronger, more resilient & more competitive
researchinfosource.com/cil/2025/edi...
#cdnpoli
A healthier future is possible. 🇨🇦 needs a coherent life sciences strategy to be stronger, more resilient & more competitive
researchinfosource.com/cil/2025/edi...
#cdnpoli
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@asek47.bsky.social outlines how @baycrest.bsky.social is advancing discovery, training future leaders & driving innovation.
A healthier future is possible. 🇨🇦 needs a coherent life sciences strategy to be stronger, more resilient & more competitive
researchinfosource.com/cil/2025/edi...
#cdnpoli
A healthier future is possible. 🇨🇦 needs a coherent life sciences strategy to be stronger, more resilient & more competitive
researchinfosource.com/cil/2025/edi...
#cdnpoli
This is why #RotmanResearchInstitute @baycrest.bsky.social is such a great place to work! Amazing #BARE research day - honouring our late colleague Gordon Winocur, welcoming our new colleague Lei Wang, and hearing about all the great research from scientists, educators, clinicians, and trainees.
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is why #RotmanResearchInstitute @baycrest.bsky.social is such a great place to work! Amazing #BARE research day - honouring our late colleague Gordon Winocur, welcoming our new colleague Lei Wang, and hearing about all the great research from scientists, educators, clinicians, and trainees.
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CABHI’s first AgeTech Insights report, “The Canadian 50+ Tech Market: Innovation Trends and Opportunities,” shares insights on:
💻 Tech use in Canadians aged 50+
✅ Enablers + barriers to tech use
💡 Emerging opportunities for those working in this sector
Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/4fvFS45
💻 Tech use in Canadians aged 50+
✅ Enablers + barriers to tech use
💡 Emerging opportunities for those working in this sector
Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/4fvFS45
August 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
CABHI’s first AgeTech Insights report, “The Canadian 50+ Tech Market: Innovation Trends and Opportunities,” shares insights on:
💻 Tech use in Canadians aged 50+
✅ Enablers + barriers to tech use
💡 Emerging opportunities for those working in this sector
Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/4fvFS45
💻 Tech use in Canadians aged 50+
✅ Enablers + barriers to tech use
💡 Emerging opportunities for those working in this sector
Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/4fvFS45
Congrats Gibbs Jr Olliviere: to our latest @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social lab grad.
He did a great job defending his thesis on the effects mindfulness meditation on depression, loneliness, and stress in older adults. Thanks @eyebraineegenie.bsky.social @pjb1959.bsky.social David Shore for support
He did a great job defending his thesis on the effects mindfulness meditation on depression, loneliness, and stress in older adults. Thanks @eyebraineegenie.bsky.social @pjb1959.bsky.social David Shore for support
June 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Congrats Gibbs Jr Olliviere: to our latest @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social lab grad.
He did a great job defending his thesis on the effects mindfulness meditation on depression, loneliness, and stress in older adults. Thanks @eyebraineegenie.bsky.social @pjb1959.bsky.social David Shore for support
He did a great job defending his thesis on the effects mindfulness meditation on depression, loneliness, and stress in older adults. Thanks @eyebraineegenie.bsky.social @pjb1959.bsky.social David Shore for support
Finally back to my Chicago improv roots after all this time: finished Second City Training in Toronto. Celebrated with a great show in the John Candy Theatre. Thanks @phattal.bsky.social Next up: improv + neuroscience…. 🎭 🧠 @johncusack.bsky.social @williamcusack.bsky.social @thomasgreene.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Finally back to my Chicago improv roots after all this time: finished Second City Training in Toronto. Celebrated with a great show in the John Candy Theatre. Thanks @phattal.bsky.social Next up: improv + neuroscience…. 🎭 🧠 @johncusack.bsky.social @williamcusack.bsky.social @thomasgreene.bsky.social
Happy anniversary @pjb1959.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
June 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Happy anniversary @pjb1959.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Very thought provoking perspective!
Psychological richness offers a third path to a good life
Review by Shigehiro Oishi & Erin Westgate
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Review by Shigehiro Oishi & Erin Westgate
tinyurl.com/2w65k9vd
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Very thought provoking perspective!
AI generated images have come a long way, but not all approaches are equal. Which do you think is better here, ChatGPT or Grok? Same prompt and original photo for both. Very different outcomes 🤣 Happy birthday to my Dad Robert Sekuler - glad he’s looking better at 86 than any AI generated image!
May 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
AI generated images have come a long way, but not all approaches are equal. Which do you think is better here, ChatGPT or Grok? Same prompt and original photo for both. Very different outcomes 🤣 Happy birthday to my Dad Robert Sekuler - glad he’s looking better at 86 than any AI generated image!
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Congratulations to the 2025 FoVea Travel and Networking Awardees.
April 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 FoVea Travel and Networking Awardees.
Insights into why my son wouldn’t remember being in the picture I just shared of him from when he was a baby! #Neuroscience
Why do we not remember being a baby? One idea is that the hippocampus, which is essential for episodic memory in adults, is too immature to form individual memories in infancy. We tested this using awake infant fMRI, new in @science.org #ScienceResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants
Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Insights into why my son wouldn’t remember being in the picture I just shared of him from when he was a baby! #Neuroscience
27 years ago my mom and dad met their first Canadian grandchild! Hard to believe he was ever that small. Happy birthday Ryan! 🎂❤️🎂❤️🎂❤️
March 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
27 years ago my mom and dad met their first Canadian grandchild! Hard to believe he was ever that small. Happy birthday Ryan! 🎂❤️🎂❤️🎂❤️
So excited for my dear friend Juliet Daniel!!!! Well done and well deserved. She does so much to support others, it’s great to see her recognized here.
Congrats also to the amazing Jeffrey Weitz. Mac’s 2 new Distinguished Uni Profs! #BrighterWorld #McMaster dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/jul...
Congrats also to the amazing Jeffrey Weitz. Mac’s 2 new Distinguished Uni Profs! #BrighterWorld #McMaster dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/jul...
Juliet Daniel and Jeffrey Weitz named Distinguished University Professors
Two exceptional faculty members have been named Distinguished University Professors in recognition of their outstanding scholarship, teaching, and service.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
So excited for my dear friend Juliet Daniel!!!! Well done and well deserved. She does so much to support others, it’s great to see her recognized here.
Congrats also to the amazing Jeffrey Weitz. Mac’s 2 new Distinguished Uni Profs! #BrighterWorld #McMaster dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/jul...
Congrats also to the amazing Jeffrey Weitz. Mac’s 2 new Distinguished Uni Profs! #BrighterWorld #McMaster dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/jul...
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Are you a Toronto neuroscience trainee or coming for the @canacn.bsky.social conference? @yorku-cian.bsky.social has space for 10 speakers & 50 posters at our 'New Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience' Satellite, May 21. Registration free, lunch and coffee provided: www.yorku.ca/research/cia...
March 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Are you a Toronto neuroscience trainee or coming for the @canacn.bsky.social conference? @yorku-cian.bsky.social has space for 10 speakers & 50 posters at our 'New Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience' Satellite, May 21. Registration free, lunch and coffee provided: www.yorku.ca/research/cia...
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Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!
New job posting - Please share widely!
@rotmanresearch @Baycrest and @YorkUniversity have a new tenure-track position in Quantitative Modeling (Predictive #Neuroscience) on Brain Health in #Aging.
This is a @ConnectedMinds3 research enhanced role.
mailchi.mp/bc1acf8790c8...
@rotmanresearch @Baycrest and @YorkUniversity have a new tenure-track position in Quantitative Modeling (Predictive #Neuroscience) on Brain Health in #Aging.
This is a @ConnectedMinds3 research enhanced role.
mailchi.mp/bc1acf8790c8...
a computer generated image of a person 's brain with a blue light coming out of it
ALT: a computer generated image of a person 's brain with a blue light coming out of it
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March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New job posting - Please share widely!
@rotmanresearch @Baycrest and @YorkUniversity have a new tenure-track position in Quantitative Modeling (Predictive #Neuroscience) on Brain Health in #Aging.
This is a @ConnectedMinds3 research enhanced role.
mailchi.mp/bc1acf8790c8...
@rotmanresearch @Baycrest and @YorkUniversity have a new tenure-track position in Quantitative Modeling (Predictive #Neuroscience) on Brain Health in #Aging.
This is a @ConnectedMinds3 research enhanced role.
mailchi.mp/bc1acf8790c8...
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Brain conditions affect 1 in 5 Canadians. Next week, we’re launching a new federal campaign to help change that.
Stay tuned… 👀
#cdnpoli #cdnhealth #Vote4BrainHealth
Stay tuned… 👀
#cdnpoli #cdnhealth #Vote4BrainHealth
March 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Brain conditions affect 1 in 5 Canadians. Next week, we’re launching a new federal campaign to help change that.
Stay tuned… 👀
#cdnpoli #cdnhealth #Vote4BrainHealth
Stay tuned… 👀
#cdnpoli #cdnhealth #Vote4BrainHealth
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#TAMeG2025 is coming (our 10th anniversary!) May 27 feat keynote @charan-neuro.bsky.social and panel on SciCom & Disinformation, with Carrie Boyce of RCIScience, @schalllab.bsky.social & @barense.bsky.social (chair)
Call for presentations is open for GTA and southern ON trainees 👉 tameg.ca!
Call for presentations is open for GTA and southern ON trainees 👉 tameg.ca!
February 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#TAMeG2025 is coming (our 10th anniversary!) May 27 feat keynote @charan-neuro.bsky.social and panel on SciCom & Disinformation, with Carrie Boyce of RCIScience, @schalllab.bsky.social & @barense.bsky.social (chair)
Call for presentations is open for GTA and southern ON trainees 👉 tameg.ca!
Call for presentations is open for GTA and southern ON trainees 👉 tameg.ca!
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Well, the weather outside is frightful. But the volunteers at the voting station were delightful. Get out there and vote Ontario! #Ontario #vote #Ontariovotes
February 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Well, the weather outside is frightful. But the volunteers at the voting station were delightful. Get out there and vote Ontario! #Ontario #vote #Ontariovotes
Anyone voting in Westdale bring your voter location card and ID and go up the ramp to the right of the very long line. It was 20 minutes before I found that out, but at least it’s not too cold! And great to see such good turn out. Democracy is alive and well in Canada! #OntarioVotes
February 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Anyone voting in Westdale bring your voter location card and ID and go up the ramp to the right of the very long line. It was 20 minutes before I found that out, but at least it’s not too cold! And great to see such good turn out. Democracy is alive and well in Canada! #OntarioVotes
Was a bad year for several folks in my family healthwise last year, so especially grateful to have been able to celebrate my youngest’s 23rd birthday yesterday. Thank you Chotto Matte for an amazing dinner. Too many pics to share, so here’s just a few. Happy birthday Kiddo! Here’s to many many more!
February 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Was a bad year for several folks in my family healthwise last year, so especially grateful to have been able to celebrate my youngest’s 23rd birthday yesterday. Thank you Chotto Matte for an amazing dinner. Too many pics to share, so here’s just a few. Happy birthday Kiddo! Here’s to many many more!
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Can our culture alter how we see the world around us?
In a new paper, @dorsaamir.bsky.social and I dig through >100 years of scholarship on this foundational question in psychology, anthropology, and even philosophy. Take a look here (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and follow the story below 👇
In a new paper, @dorsaamir.bsky.social and I dig through >100 years of scholarship on this foundational question in psychology, anthropology, and even philosophy. Take a look here (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and follow the story below 👇
January 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Can our culture alter how we see the world around us?
In a new paper, @dorsaamir.bsky.social and I dig through >100 years of scholarship on this foundational question in psychology, anthropology, and even philosophy. Take a look here (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and follow the story below 👇
In a new paper, @dorsaamir.bsky.social and I dig through >100 years of scholarship on this foundational question in psychology, anthropology, and even philosophy. Take a look here (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and follow the story below 👇